Device or means for giving stereoscopic or distance effect to moving pictures shown upon screens.



A. R. FLINT. DEVICE JR MEANS FOR GIVING STEREOSCOPIC 0 R DISTANCE EFFECT T0 MOVING PICTURES SHOWN UPON SCREENS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, I9I8.

Pafented Nov. 5, 1918.

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UNITED srn'rns OFFIGEQ ABRAHAM FLINT, DERBY, ENGLAND.

DEVICE GR MEANS FOR- G-IVING TEREOSCQPIC QB DISTANCE EFFECT TE}? LMOVENG PIGEURE SHQWN SCREENS.

ll. Heat-ion filea Zi'une 5-255 1918. Serial 3'50.

To all'wiwm it may concern:

Be it known that l, ABRAHAM Rn" FLINT, a subject of the King of Great ain and Ireland, residing at 42 Full S'ZEMG'Z, Derby, in the county of Derby, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices or Means for Giving Stereoscopic or Distance Eflect to Moving Pictures Shown Upon Screens, of which the l; ing is a specification.

Referring to the drawings which form part of this specification Figure l is a sectional view illustrating an application of my invention.

Fig. 2 is aperspective sketch to he hereinafter further described.

My said invention relates to device or means for giving stereoscopic or distance effeet to moving pictures shown upon a screen, and in carrying the same into efiect I crrange a proscenium a of her: or cone an interval in front of the screen 5, the picture is thus exhibited as though shown distance through an elongated aperture.

By arrangement of lighting eii ect thrown across, behind and or before such proscenium, but not impinging upon the screen, this effect is intensified making the picture appear stereoscopic.

I further employ various decorative treatments of the proscenium et-Ween the "LURE;

face a thereof and the screen 6 to a sist in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nova, 5, l ld opeirai'r scene; the top of the proscenium .1321? represent the ceiling of an apartment or like; each being apropriately decorated.

i igain said sides, top or bottom may he made up of over apping devices after the manner of stage scenery if desired.

An example of the treatment of the proscenium to represent the interior of an apartment is shown on Fig. 2. I

The illusion of actual depth or stereo scopic effect is created by this device in two ways. (a) By the perspective efiect of dis- "e created by the device, the eye receives stance illusion from the surroundings and unconsciously carries this idea of gradual y increasing distance into theflat picture I, the movement of the ob ects shown upon the screen increasing the illusion that they actually stand in front of their hack- 0) The surrounding device forming an aperture in front or the picture; when I the eye is fixed upon the latter the structure tapered, and decorated to produce a pective etlect and'an illusion of distance. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

l -ildRAHc cltfi REGINALD Flilll fo tie device impinges on the line of vision i combination, a motion picture screen a d prosceniumassociated with the screen 

